Blog Archives

Thinspo, eating disorders and the seedy underbelly of The Internet

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: April 14, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Social Media | Tagged anorexia, communication, eating disorders, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, public health, Social Determinants of Health, stigma | Leave a comment

Cell-to-cell spread of HIV and its possible implications for antiretroviral therapy

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: March 27, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Guest Posts, Health systems, Infectious disease | Tagged epidemiology, Guest Post, Health Disparities, HIV, infectious disease, outbreak, prevention, Social Determinants of Health, virus | Leave a comment

My doctor is out to get me!

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: March 24, 2014

Category: Cancer, Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Food industry, Industry, Infectious disease, Science Outreach | Tagged cancer, communication, epidemiology, health care, infectious disease, knowledge translation, Politics, public health, Social Determinants of Health, Stories, vaccine, virus | 7 Comments

A rare, polio-like disease is emerging in California: what you need to know

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: February 27, 2014

Category: Epidemiology, Health systems, Infectious disease | Tagged epidemiology, health care, hospital, infectious disease, outbreak, polio, virus | Leave a comment

Where I politely explain to a politician that they’re wrong

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 24, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Science Outreach, Time trends | Tagged communication, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, interventions, minority health, prevention, privilege, public health, Social Determinants of Health | 2 Comments

Dengue: Why You Need to Know About It

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 12, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Guest Posts, Nutrition | Tagged Climate change, epidemiology, global health, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, Jessica Taaffe, minority health, mosquito, outbreak, prevention, public health | 1 Comment

The Bone Crushing Hit: How can you cheer when people are getting seriously injured?

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: January 27, 2014

Category: Determinants of health | Tagged epidemiology, football, gobroncos, gosensgo, hockey, injury, prevention, public health, sports | Leave a comment

India is Polio Free

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: January 16, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Health systems, History of Public Health | Tagged communication, epidemiology, infectious disease, interventions, language, outbreak, polio, Politics, public health, vaccine, virus | 1 Comment

The worst thing you can eat is sugar.

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: January 13, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Food industry, Industry, Nutrition | Tagged epidemiology, food industry, nutrition, outbreak, Politics, prevention, public health, Social Determinants of Health, sugar | 32 Comments

The Biggest Public Health Stories of 2013

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: December 30, 2013

Category: Cancer, Determinants of health, Epidemiology, History of Public Health, Industry, Science Outreach, Social Media, Time trends | Tagged cancer, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, minority health | 2 Comments